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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-25
A Lumberman Paralyzes a Waiter.

4 pretty good story is told on Dave
REYNOLDS. of RevuoldsviIc. Dave is a
dr6l genius, and loves a Joke as well
rs Christ Miller. While in New York
4 few wears ago Dave stopped at the
Continental hotel with some other gen
tlemen from his native town. Bills of
fare were placed before the guests,
and soon an were supplied except
Dave But tie still sat there eontem-
plating tine outlandiSh French names
ON the bill of fare and trying to figure
out what il all meant. until thc waiter
who stood behind him. began 20 get
tired and finally asked well what
win You have, mister? Dave straight
cned up lutte. looked the waiter in
the eve and said in distinct tones
Bring me Web,tcr~ unabridged
dictionary, please. Parsa,aWacg
SPIRIT
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-25
Tricks of the Italian Milkmas

noticed for some days that mYnl
was very, very thin. | had stood
whilst it was MIXED; what, then
be the cause? Was it that the e
drank too much water? would A
been compelled to adopt this soa'i
but for discovery that soon hapPa'
When | came across my coWmal /.
second or third evening be was ~
ing for an Italian, and ! was SufPi'
when | saw this latter suddenly slHl
to the cowman and squeeze him y
arm. As surprising as was ihI' ''l'
however, the result was still more Y
a stream of water was elected if'a
cowman's sleeve, and ] then galI
stood how milk can be waterea N.I
one very eyes without one ',ttJ-I
it. | happened TO mention tnf
dent to the American Consul, au-
assured me the trick was quite ceill
A bag of water is kept under me
and let down through n rubber 'l
the sleeve, when detected.a 'hras
shoulders. a "Santa Maria, wna' u
erencc?7 and pure milk for the
ewes; when not detected, ne iau7H
sleeve rs he lets the water
through his sleeve and sells y T.
at six cents q quart -Romt A'+
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-25

spreading u upon tic iGG;! i not at
tended with any good results except
that il insurcs the destruction Of weed
seeds-the value of the ashes left by its
incarceration being very Insignificant
at best.
The question not unfrequently comes
mp between the owners and renters Of
land as to the removal of the straw
from the premises-some Of the former
being Tery persistent in their objections
thereto. If it is to be made use Of, a.
above minated, then we should say
by all means it should be retained
upon the land. But if it is to be merely
spread upon the land without being
first passed through the animals OF
used as an absorbent, then we can see
no injury done to future crops by it,
removal.
That celebrated agriculturist and ex-
perimenter, j. Is. Lawes, of England,
made the following experiment some
years ago, with the view Of test.
Ing the intrinsic value of straw as a
manure: After having raised wheat
on the same land for twenLy-four years
in succession-rcm the straw as
grain therefrom-he tried the ex-
pertinent OF returning to a portion Of the
land the straw made thereon the pre-.
vious year. Accordingly he chose ten
plots OF land of equal size. all of which
had received the same manuring year
after year for the twenty-four years
To five of these plots he returned the
straw annually after it had been re
moved. while TO the other five plots
the straw was not returned. To the
first five plots the straw as returned.
was merely run through cutting box.
spread evenly upon the land, piowcd
% rder and ,own in wheat; the other
p.c plots, rs said before having nc
,ao returned to them. The results
s.owcd but triile difference in tht
Some Tobacco lands in Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, are said to
yield profit equivalent to 81 day
per acre TO their owner.
Lampblack mixed with strong vine
gar will mark sheep so that it will nc
man year, and will not iniuro the
wool as do tar and paint
If stock OF ali kind could have a
dark shelter to flee to in the hot part
of the day, to get away from tie flies,
it would be great saving.
The market grower is liable to
make II great mistake who oyerlooks
yield, if anything, it being in favor of
the plots TO which no straw had
been returned. The experiment was
continued for several years, with
no perceptble difference in the yield,
the plots all being MANFRED as near as
possible alike.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-25
RAvAGEs OF CUT WORMS.

The simplest and most effective
remedy for these destructive pests,
which eat the plants of just beneath
the surface Of the soil, is to apply a
solution of saltpetre around each hill
close to the plants The proportion OF
saltpetre necessary is a tablespoonful
to gallon of water. The quantity
usually recommended is only u table
spoonful to a pail of water, but there
is not the slightestdauger of injuring
the plants by making the solution rs
strong as recommended. On the
contrary, it seems to promote their
growth. There is no doubt that corn
fields might be protected from the
rayages of this greedy pest by apply.
ing the above remedy. With a barrel
of the solution at each end of the corn
field, and couple of good-sized water
ing pots, the labor of applying is not
nearly as great as it would appear at
first thought
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-25
Literature for Bows

No, oh no; we are not goipo,..
into the 5-cent blood and thuS5s.
elette; not right directly af qnr
We were just looking over =;
the July number of most eye
and highly respectable iuyepiq ~
zine; a good magazine. that do59.
views with alarm. As do AN tbc -
Us, the poisonous literature Of I'M
stand This story is about a rs
years old, who, while stapdirr
on his fathers engine, on loBslr \
ing, saw runaway train ~ II
started by the wind, sweep ps
down the grade. Usual tbins i
lightning express nearly due. the n
dispatcher always manages ia
a lightning express about duowbqp
thing cf this kind happens. Tbr
"no telegraph wire either:" tbi,k
usual; a road without a wire /. M
run lightning expresses and MI
trains every fifteen minutes. mes
thinks quickly; boys of Is are ALL
quick thinkers; he runs his engine
on the main line, setting the swii
for himself, for his father has Don.
supper, miles away in the comI
presumably, as it is quite customs
for railway engineers to take aBbl
meals on distant ranches. lcayinrtI
engines in charge of children.
runaway cars ARE miles away.
he has "less than an hour" toa
them. He caught the runawaysvHS
were flying like the wind; he Sow
up with excellent judgment
should think so-crept along the
of his flying engine, got on The
lifted the coupling barwith oneM
and reached over rs he mads
coupling and dropped the piumH
the other had Il struggle with
flying cars but at last checked Ia
got them started back, he mal
thirty-iiye miles an hour and 4
Lightning in sight making ,1J
on road without wire He Dad 4
miles to run in this shape, but he
it. got in on the siding, in time mu|
the switch, and the Lightning ii
dercd by. Then 1.-THE boy tainted ID
away" No wonder; it wa, euq
to make a man faint to read it; aF
high time somebody fainted "A
the question in just this: Doe. The
get anything better out Of ,uchl
sense than he does out Of "kii
Slcuth Hound, or, the Boy TerN
Cory Canyon?" Between our,e
and the comma, we really find z
Boy Terror quite as easy tobe
and much more interesting realm
We haven't the least obiectonn1
ton; we rather like it, but great
even fiction for boys should have
sense in it. Not much, perhaps
just some. -BHrdette, ia BrOot.n'
gle.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-25
uEN NIANuRE

1t is safe to estimate that the manure
from hens is worth at least one-half the
cost of the food, if properly kept and
mdiciousIy applied. We know a
straw berry grower who states that the
manure from forty hens doubled his
crop this year on one acre compared
with another acre not SO treated His
method was To scatter the manure
plentifully over the plants in January,
before the spring growth commenced.
In this way the rains carried the
manure TO the roots. A calculation
will show that the value of the manure
was greater than may be supposed.
lie estimates that he gained 1000
quarts of berries extra, which gave
him profit Of cents per quart, with
prices very low This shows that from
the forty hens he got enough manure
to produce $50 worth of Strawberries
extra. after paying expenses of picking,
etc, which of course represents the
yalHe of the manure at - cents per
hen The manure j, therefore a very
important item, and deserves to be I'M
Guided in the estimates of the poultry
account MS i'm some eases it may pay
for nearly the whole of the food CON
Sumed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-25
politeness We'll Repaid.

ON q crowded East Bosio" 81
the other evening, the scar, i. Nd
were nearly all occupied
cutting rebuke ausWete" $50
compliment was oyerhel.' .bsr
after the car left the ferry os..
aboard a young lady. |a' ,. 5a.ar.
careworn face marked ~
None Of those having ~ ssr
disposal deigned to oti@ .n q a y.
one who seemed most y IN. t.
restiug-place till q the lO a.-sa-
The car 4 roughly dre.-s .s. NJ.
seeing her plight. beeSo !, n.
and reagning his seat u
said: iss to
There don't seem
gentlemen On this SAT-
Il i beg e. your pardon s'r @
there s one, She replie'.
as She accepted the
Budget.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-25
why She Went Back Oh ~

They were standing IN v.
door. and every time he tho 81
saving good night his mouth . sT,
paralyzed. Finally she asAg1.
are You coming again, treo 81
Al don't know. supBo''
next Wednesday evening" rr "a.
why, You know th3ll W. md
has an engagement to eau o ..,,,l. 4
evening, she sand in q SONG"
barrassaed manner h-Im
Yes. l know; that wa' wv. .rs
toned it. You see VIII
arm slightly and the doctor .-rei
yised him not TO put i g au'
sarv exertior. 50 | though n
II guess you might a. wei, q. -
nesday evening, she 'ai0 -
chant TraUCiCr.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-25

trait III th6 Lie 81 Ss-s,..s
acle denies his predece.sn, S1ea
gician breaks the wand Of 'l'h
went before him. There W. ~. 'l y
cans enough ready to swe,r As
iHi@untll he broke his STAFF \ /. I
ding with our anti-slarer, o..s
and buried it so many fatbon.'
that 1t could never be ished a.,
Il IS rather singular that john
Carlyle should each Of them H..
wrecked MS sagacity and Sham.
rible leak in his moral sers.ba.
coming in contact with 5a
rocks and currents, with MIX
er had any special occasion
himself, and which both bad '7
deal better have steered a's.
Oiiccr H'eHdcH Holmes In tl,..
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-25

If Won are troubled With weak eyes
neypr sift ashes white facing the wind.
Get your wife to 10 ii. or wait till the
wind shifts To another quarter. - lid
Bats.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-05
THROUGH THE HEART.
j. A. Fisher Commits Suicide
while Temporarily Insane.

Yesterday morning passing pedes-
trian found the body of man lying
in the old Wolfskill tract, corner of
Towne and Fifth streets. The body
was lying on the ground face down.
ward, with a pistol by his head with
one chamber empty. When the body
was turned over bullet wound was
p found on the left side, extending
through the heart. Near by lay his
hat, in the band Of which was plain
card, on one side of which was writ
ten the following:
"My poor wife is on Los Angeles
street, two doors south from Eighth
street, with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Russell. j. ALoNzo FISHER.
My parents are probably at Prairie
City, Ill. j. A. F."
About a month ago deceased came
to this city from Baltimore, Md,
where he has resided for a number Of
years. Eight years ago he visited this
city and married Miss Clara Tells,
who survives him. 1t was his inten-
ton when he came here to found
religious and business col
lege. He purchased a piece
of property on Mob Hill, on which
he intended to build structure for
college. There was mistake in the
abstract which worried him terribly,
and for the past two weeks he has
been deranged. When out on the
street with his wife he imagined that
someone was following him, and was
in constant dread of some calamity.
He has been watched for several days
by his wife, but on Friday morning
she allowed him to leave the house
alone, thinking that the fresh air
might tend to restore his mental facul-
ties. He visited the different news
paper offices and inserted a notice stat
ing that owing to i'll health and other
difficulties, the proposed college would
not be organized. He then went out
on the second street cable road and
wandered around the hills the rest of
the day. When the hours flew by
and Fisher did not return, his wife
became very much alarmed. She
called upon some of her neighbors to
help her find him, but all their, efforts
proved of no avail.
When he was found yesterday morn
ing his wife was notified Immediately
and she became frantic with grief.
Yesterday afternoon Coroner Mere
dith held an inquest upon the remains.
E. A. Fisher, cousin OF the deceased,
testified. He stated that the deceased's
mind has been deranged for over a
week. He was very restless and al
ways wanted to keep moving. He
told his wife on Saturday morning that
he intended drowning himself because
he "could not face the trouble" The
deceased was formerly minister and
was an honest, upright and sincerely
religious man, devoted to his home
and his parents. Several "ther wit
nesses testified to the fact of deceased's
temporary insanity, and the jury re-
turned verdict to the effect that de-
ceased came to his death while labor
ing under great mental depression.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-05
Don,t Laugh nt Nerxous People.

Their sufferings are very real, although
you, with your vigorous physique and
| strong nerves, can scarcely believeit. Rather
suggest the use of Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters which, in removing every trace of dys-
pepsia, and regulating the liver and bowels,
strikes at and extirpates the most prolific
cause of chronic nervous trouble. That
nerve-shattering disclose, fever and ague, is
among the formidable ailments, to the re-
moval of which this genial remedy is spec
tally adapted. Nervous prostration, result
ing from prolonged mental or physical eff
fort, is also state of the system where the
Intervention of this tonic is very desirable,
more particularly as its use is to quiet and
relax the tension of overweight nerves.
The Bitters are invaluable in rheumatism,
neuralgia and kidney troubles Employ
no substitute for IL.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-05

Dots.
Tents at Foys harness shop, 217 Los An
geles street.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-05
UNANSWERED PROPOSALS.
Which Attract no
Attention.

AttenbuOhs
There has been considerable diff
Guilty during the past season in OBJ
tanning answers to proposals for bids
for work to be done for the city
Street grading and the laying OF sew
ers have been delayed to such ;
degree that the remark has beeI
made that there do not seem to be any
contractors in the city who are anxious
for work. To demonstrate this fact i
is only necessary to point out the
number of advertisements for bids
which are published every week and
some of them have been in the papers
for several months without eliciting a
reply. This is state of affairs which
has not been often witnessed in the
history of cities, for generally every
place of more than 10000 people con
tains surplus of people only toe
anxious to obtain work, and there is
no doubt but that prices paid for work
here are much larger than they would
be if it were known that there would
be number of bidders. AS it is, the
bidder can almost fix his own price
for he knows there will be little or no
competition. One thing which
operates against the bidding for
contracts is the scarcity of good
men which can be employed and this
in connection with the fact that there
are but few contractors accounts for
the delay. One prominent contractor,
who has hundreds of men and teams
at work stated a short time since that
he had SO much work on hand and in
view that he did not care to enter bids
for small jobs. In consequence of this
the small jobs are the ones that suf-
fer. Contracts for carpenter work are
hard to let from the fact that there are
no idle carpenters. Every carpenter
finds all the work he can do and there
is such demand for more hands that
advertisements have been placed in
the papers of other cities in the hope
of drawing them here. 1t is to be ex-
pected that there will be an influx Of
carpenters here shortly unless other
cities are as busy as this. The delay
in the laying of cement sewers has
been occasioned by the scarcity of ce-
ment. There has literally been
no good cement in the
market for some time past, and the
City Surveyor is determined that
poor cement shall not go into the
work. There are advertisements for
other work which have not been
answered, and to this fact should be
attributed all the delay in the inn
provement of the city except in the
matter of the lighting of the streets
1t appears as if this city was as anti
quated in its ideas of street lighting as
San Francisco, for there are frequently
dark nights when there is no moon
nor electric light. This is, perhaps
no fault of the moon, which cannot
pierce the fog or the clouds with its
light, but the citizens blame the
makers of the contract for lighting
the city for this dangerous policy
Footpads can operate more success
fully when the lights are out, anc
clouds obscure the moon, and burglars
can ply their avocations more secure
from observations. The general
opinion is that some way should be
found to light the city on dark
nights.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-05
PrOphyIactic in sickness.

Typhoid Fever has broken out here
again, but wherever Darby's Prophylactic
no fever. IN. B. LANCASTER, p. NJ, Ed.
Central Aldbdmidn.
"The Fluid is not merely deodorizer, but
disinfectant-a destroyer of the disease
breathed without danger New York Fpen-
no Post
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-05
To All Concerned.

The contractor, Mr.. Burlingame, who is at
work on the massive levee along the water
front of the Seitz Tract, is under bonds to
have the work completed by November the
18th next Those wishing to secure lots
cheap had better buy before that time, at
the prices are then bound to ndvance Rus
sell, Cox & Co., 1872 West First street.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-05
IS Sun Set,,,

$50 west, young man, go west" to "Sun
Set."-HoRACE GREELEY.
Sale of lots begins Monday morning
August 18th, at room 16, over Los Angeles
National Bank, upstairs.
L. L. HALL, Secretary.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-05

Those Complaining of Sore Throat
Hoarseness, or taking cold," should use
nRoyN's BRONCHIAL TRocHEs. The effect is
extraordinary particularly when used by
singers and speakers for clearing the voice.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-05
WestvynrdD Hoy

The Star of Empire takes its way to "Sun-
set" Sale of lots begins Monday, August
18th, at Room 16, over Los Angeles National
Bank. 4. +. Hall, Secretary.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-05

Sun Set can be had from Angeleno Heights
Sale of lots in Sun Set begins Monday, Au
gust 10th. Room 16, over Los Angeles Ma
tiOnal Bank. 4. Z. HALL, Secretary.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-05
ssSun Set.o

ssSun Set.',
Situated on the line of the new Santa
Monica Steam Motor Foot Hill X. r.. IL
miles from Los Angeles and 5 miles from
santa Monica. Sale Monday August 18th
Room is, over Los Angeles National Bank
E. e. Hall. Secretary.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-03-02

THE West Virginia legislature
died by limitation last Friday and
the senatorial struggle died with it.
Gov. Wilson will appoint success
sor to Senator Camden, and it is
pretty certain that some person
other than Mr.. Camden will be Sc
lected.
LATER--The governor has ten
dered the senatorship TO ID. B. Lucas,
who was one of the twelve democrat
ic CHECKERS" in the recent senatorial
contest. Mr.. Lucas has accepted
and will receive his credentials short
ly after congress adjourns.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-03-02

LAST Wednesday and Thursday
were memorable days in Indianapo-
lis. On Wednesday the supreme
court handed down its decision in
the Smith-Robinson case, in which
Smith prayed for an injunction to
restrain Robinson from exercising
the duties of lieutenant governor, a
position TO which he was chosen in
November last. The supreme court
refuses the Injunction on the ground
of nonjurisdiction, thus, in effect de
claring the case must be decided by
the general assembly,. Thursday
when the senate assembled Robinson
appeared and demanded his place as
president of that body, and after a
spirited discussion was elected by
the sergeant at arms amidst great
excitement. The case is not settled
and it is thought another case grow
ing out of Thursdays proceedings
will go up to the supreme court. The
question to be settled finally will be
was there vacancy in the office of
lieutenant governor, and 1t is given
out that the supreme court will de-
eide that no such vacancy existed at
the time of the election.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-03-02

In Wisconsin next April there are
to be elected two supreme justices
and two regents. Indications at
present point to a very remarkable
contest for the supreme bench,
which in some respects will rival the
late Tennessee Taylors. There IL
every prospect that Maj. 0. j. At
klson Of Port Huron, will be pitted
against his brother, Col. John Atki-
son of Detroit, for the eight year
term. For years the Atkisons have
been very prominent in State politics
and the family have been leaders in
public affairs. They are brainy law
yers and brilliant speakers. Both
these gentlemen were formerly dem
ocrats OF the old school and have
been honored by the party. In la
ter years Col. John has backsliden
aud now trains with the republicans
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-03-02

The convention Of the socalled la
Dor party held at Cincinnati last
week, has brought to light platform
to start with, and now this new par
ty, born on the Anniversary OF the
birth Of "the father Of his country"
starts out to eclipse all other parties
and save the nation. The platform
is ingeniously contrived and framed
to win over the remnants of the old
greenback party, that tried so per-
sistently to shape the financial poll
cy of the government; it has just
enough of tears and lamentations for
"down- trodden labor" to engage the
attention of the knights Of labor and
other labor unions; it contains brief
clause to capture the patriot Of the
Henry George stamp, and in fact,
Judging from the carefully and clev-
erly drawn declarations, the new
party is preparing an organization
that shall be haven of rest for every
disappointed politician of whatever
name or kind, for every shiftless
grumb bier, as well as every visionary
theoretical crank who is ready to
follow off every new hobby that some
fanatical gabber promises shall fur.
nish short cuts to lots of liberty,
plenty of money, low taxes, free
lands and little work to do. And
yet, the platform is not wholly
worthless. 1t has been carefully
drawn up to present all the reforms
demanded, although not yet CARRIED
out by the democratic and republi
can parties. 1t presents severa
good points which thoughtful clti
zens will applaud. But these are
more than over. balanced by the
buncombe it contains.
The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-03-02

THE election for congressman
from the Western district of Rhode
Island resulted in the choice of G.
w. Page, the democratic candidate.
1t will be remembered that Pierce, a
republican, was declared elected
two years ago but his seat was de
clared vacant by the national house.
Pages term of service, therefore will
expire on the 4th Of March. He is
the first democratic congressman
from Rhode Island in many years,
The republicans are seriously dis
concerted, and there is but little
doubt that when the April election
is held Charles S. Bradley, who will
be the democratic nominee, will be
elected,